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P. S. LOVERIDGE.

v BRICK. No. 481,700. Patented Aug. 30, 1892.

j fiat UNITED STATES PATENT EETQE.

PHILIP S. LOVERIDGE, OF KNOXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BRICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 481,700, dated August30, 1892.

Application filed May 17, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP S. LOVERIDGE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have in'vented or discovered a new and useful ImprovedBrick, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification,Figure 1 is a perspective of myimproved shape of brick. Fig. 2 is a planof a course broken away, showing front wall using my brick and themanner of uniting the same to the inside wall; and Fig. 3 shows theusual method of uniting front and inside walls to each other.

The purpose of my invention, generally stated, is to devise a shape ofbrick for front walls which shall best permit of headers from the insidewall to be connected thereto and which shall also be easy to fit aroundwindowcasings; and it consists of apeculiar shape of brick viz., a brickof the ordinary shape, except that a recess or inset is cut in its edgeat substantially the center point from end to end, said recess or insetbeing in depth substantially half the width of the brick and in lengthsubstantially half the length of the brick.

In the accompanying drawings, which make part of this specification, 1is my improved shape of front-wall brick, having a recess or inset 2 inits edge of half the brick and located at the center of the length ofthe brick.

This shape of brick can be readily molded in the old form of brick-moldsby inserting a piece in said molds to form the recess or inset, and thisshape can also be as readily ricked as the old shape.

WVhen it is necessary to cutoff a portion of the brick to fit around awindow-casing, the brick can be cut along the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 1.This saves cuttingit along the longer line consisting of the dotted line3 3 and the line 4 4 of the back wall of the recess or inset, whichwould be necessary in the ordinary shape of brick. This also reduces thelikelihood of breaking the brick in cutting off this part, as the lineof proposed fracture is so much shorter; but the principal advantageisSerial No. 433,280. (No model.)

found in the use of my brick in making the header or bond between thefront and inside wall.

5 5 are the ordinary headers of the rear Wall, which are inserted intothe front wall. The spaces between such headers can be filled up withregular-shaped bats 6 6. All the dressing that the headers need is toslightly reduce their length, so as to make them flush with inside wall.

The marked advantage of makinga header or bond in this way over the oldway, as seen in Fig. 3, is perfectly obvious. There the front brick mustbe out into the triangular shapes 7 7. The inside brick 8 8 must be cutoff obliquely at the end and the irregularshaped spaces 9 9 must befilled up with small brick and mortar.

As a header must be made every six or seven courses, the total saving inlabor and material effected by my shape is considerable. Approximatelyfive per cent. of the time of the mechanic in building a front wall issaved, and there is not the temptatian to omit the header course, as isfrequently done by unprincipled workmen.

Front-brick cost from twenty to forty dollars per thousand, and incutting them preparatory to making a bond or header by the old system atleast five per cent. and probably more of these expensive brick arebroken 8c and wasted.- This heavyloss is prevented by my improved shape.The employer is also saved the expense of the large accumulation ofrubbish resulting from cutting the old shape of brick.

I clairn- A brick having a recess or inset in one edge at substantiallythe center point from end to end, said recess or inset being in depthsub stantially half the width of the brick and in 0 length substantiallyhalf the length of the brick.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 7th day of May, A.I). 1892.

' PHILIP S. LOVERIDGE.

Witnesses:

WM. L. PIERCE, XVILLIAM BEAL.

